PIGFISHES

PIGFISH

pigfish, hogfish, Orthopristis chrysopterus

(noun) found from Long Island southward

pigfish, giant pigfish, Achoerodus gouldii

(noun) found around the Great Barrier Reef

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

pigfishes

plural of pigfish

Source: Wiktionary


PIGFISH

Pig"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish. (b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SOAK

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